Along entrance road to campground at Yosemite Creek, 0.9 mile from Tioga Rd., on the right (across from a turnout). Walk 1375 feet at 250 degrees SW from the turnout.
Exposed and dissipated granitic outcroppings, sparsely forested with a blend of western white pine, red fir, lodgepole pine, and Jeffrey pine. The plot is a gradual 10.5 degree rocky (illegible) ... of decomposing granite and minute oases of flora. Vege -- Total Veg. Cover: 3 / 8%
Total non-native cover: 0
Ht. to Base: T2 - 02 (Pinus monticola)
T3 - 03 (Pinus jeffreyi)
S1 - 02 (Abies magnifica)
S2 - 01 (A. magnifica)
Representativeness
Open ridge in a western white pine - red fir zone.
Overall Taxon Cover Values are Automatically Calculated?
yes
Stem Sample Method
full census
Plot Quality Fields:
Effort Level
Thorough
Plot Validation Level
(2) classification plot: sufficient for inclusion in a classification revision
Floristic Quality
High but incomplete
Bryophyte Quality
Very incomplete
Lichen Quality
Very incomplete
Overall Plot Vegetation Fields:
--no data--
Misc Fields:
Observation Narrative
Photos:
MCHS roll 1:
4. SE -> W
5. SE -> N
6. SE -> NE
The N shot (#5) displayed an outcropping of white pine to the right of the plot when in theory it would and should be part of the N transect.
